Ghana, an important gold-producing country, artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) accounted for 10.5% of Ghana's national gold production and employed 0.5–1 million people as of 2010 [2,3]. Gold production from ASGM in Ghana rose 43% from 2011–12 [4]. Approximately 70%

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Background Data on active TB case finding activities among artisanal gold mining communities (AMC) is limited. The study assessed the yield of TB cases from the TB screening activities among AMC in Ghana, the factors associated with TB in these communities and the correlation between the screening methods and a diagnosis of TB. Methods We conducted secondary data …

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mining communities through employment generation. 2 Gold mining in Ghana . Ghana has a long tradition of gold mining and has produced a substantial portion of the world's gold for over 1,000 years (see Hilson [2002] for an extensive overview of gold production in Ghana).

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manganese and recently oil. Over a century of gold mining in Ghana has not transformed the Ghanaian economy. Poverty is still widespread. Mining communities still harbour most of the wretched of the earth in Ghanaian society. There is therefore an urgent need to protect the right to development of especially people living in mining communities ...

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The Mining industry of Ghana accounts for 5% of the country's GDP and minerals make up 37% of total exports, of which gold contributes over 90% of the total mineral exports. Thus, the main focus of Ghana's mining and minerals development industry remains focused on gold. Ghana is Africa's largest gold producer, producing 80.5 t in 2008. Ghana is also a major producer of bauxite, manganese and ...

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But mining communities in Ghana are generally poor. Mining imposes socio-economic costs on host communities through land acquisitions, environmental degradation, pollution and a …

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newly mined gold was 54.4 metric tons with a market value of about $545 million. Despite this boom, there is growing unease with regard to the real benefits accruing to the ordinary Ghanaian in the mining communities and to the country as a whole, in the light of the extremely generous fiscal and other incentives given to mining companies

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Examines the local and district-level effects of large-scale gold mining in Ghana, Mali, and Tanzania, countries which together accounted for 35 percent of gold production in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2013. Findings indicate that agricultural employment decreases in mining districts by 8.5 percentage points relative to non-mining districts for women, and reveal a negative relationship between tons ...

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The impact of small-scale gold mining on mining communities in Ghana. Isaac Kojo Arah. University of New England . Ho Polytechnic . Abstract . The Ghanaian mining industry is a controversial one.

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The findings reported here were part of a larger study examining community and company relations in the gold mining sector of the Wassa West District of Ghana (E.A. Aubynn, 2003).This part of Ghana (see Fig. 1) contains the largest concentration of surface gold mining activity in the country with an estimated 70% of total unoccupied land leased out as concessions to mining …

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Mercury pollution has pervaded many artisanal gold mining communities in the world, especially in developing countries. This study aimed to evaluate the potential risk of mercury pollution in soils in Gbani, an artisanal gold mining community in Ghana. Two hundred and thirty-seven soil samples were …

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COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AT NEWMONT'S AHAFO GOLD MINE IN GHANA. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. 1. Introduction. In 2008, ten communities in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana entered into agreements with Newmont Ghana Gold Ltd (Newmont Ghana), who had already begun mining in the area. The agreements included promises by the company to create local jobs and

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As in many other nations, the Government rowing plagued the economy (Government of Ghana, 1984; of Ghana has pre-emptive rights to minerals in or under its T. Garvin et al. / Journal of Environmental Management 90 (2009) 571e586 573 Table 1 sustainability of the gold mining industry, using Ghana as Ghana's mineral export earnings 1983 and ...

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The relationship between the mining industry and communities. One of the most challenging relationships in the mining industry is the one that exists between mining companies and communities. It is indisputable that mining can leave a devastating footprint if not managed properly.

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Established in 2004, the Gold Fields Ghana Foundation has invested over US$78.7m in development projects and programmes in host communities of our Tarkwa and Damang mines in the Western Region of Ghana. The Gold Fields Ghana Foundation is the first foundation to be set up by a mining company in the country. About the Foundation.

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The image above shows gold mining encroachment in the Upper Wassaw Forest Reserve, a habitat for the green-tailed bristlebill and Tai Forest treefrog, which are classified as species of conservation concern.The image was captured on April 30, 2020, by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8. Out of 28 protected areas in southwestern Ghana, Upper Wassaw had the most mining.

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Gold mining has played an important role in Ghana's economy, however the negative environmental and socio-economic effects on the host communities associated with gold mining have overshadowed these economic gains. It is within this context that this paper assessed in an integrated manner the enviro …

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Gold mining communities in Ghana have experienced destruction of vegetation, water pollution, and soil contamination by activities of mining due to rapid growth and dependency on mining of natural resources within the catchment areas of the mining activities. These circumstances with repercussions of corruption and inefficient

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Ghana's golden future: Artisanal and small-scale gold mining, the ... Jun 3, 2013 ... This is especially true in the case of Ghana, where a history of mining of precious minerals spanning 1,000 years has shaped a mining and...

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Environmental policy assessment has been recognized by critical stakeholders (e.g., governments, local communities, academics, environmental advocacy groups, and mining companies) as an effective way of identifying and dealing with the myriad of environmental problems confronting humanity, particularly those caused by mining activities. While the gold mining sector has …

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The Golden Line aims to contribute to the economic empowerment of women living in and around artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities in Ghana and Tanzania. The programme works towards improving the working conditions for women in these communities with a focus on the following three topics: 1. improved women's positions

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Earl International Group Ghana Gold Limited, a new mining company at Gbane, a community in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region intends to engage 60 percent of employees from communities ...

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In Africa, Ghana is the second largest gold producer, contributing to about 5.7% of the country's GDP. The mining sector in Ghana consists of both small-scale and large-scale mining, each of which has varying environmental impacts. This paper provides an exposition on the environmental impacts of mining activities in Ghana.

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X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) are applied to investigate the properties of fine-grained concentrate on artisanal small-scale gold mining samples from the Kubi Gold Project of the Asante Gold Corporation near Dunwka-on-Offin in the Central Region of Ghana. Both techniques show that the Au-containing residual sediments are dominated by …

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Cap. 226 (1903), Mining Rights Regulation Ordinance, Cap. 153 (1905), and Minerals Ordinance, Cap. 155 (1936). A number of these Ordinances are discussed in F. Nil Botchway, Towards An Environmental Legal Regime For Gold Mining In Ghana 42-62 "(1994)

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Three predominantly artisanal gold mining communities, namely in the East Akim municipality of Ghana were selected for the study. One hundred and sixty (160) respondents were randomly selected in s and interviewed using a structured questionnaire.

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Impact of gold mining on soil and some staple foods collected from selected mining communities in and around Tarkwa-Prestea area. West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 14(1): 1-12 Hilson, G., Hilson, A., & Adu-Darko, E. (2014) Chinese participation in Ghana's informal gold mining economy: Drivers, implications and clarifications.

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Lethal Cyanide Spill in Ghana Outrages Gold Mining Communities. Residents of Dumasi and surrounding villages in Ghana's western region are demanding a total audit of all operations of the Canadian-owned mining company Bogosu Gold Ltd. The gold mines are located 200 kilometers (120 miles) west of the capital, Accra.

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The Ghana Mineworkers Union is calling on the government to pay attention to the poor state of the road network in mining communities in Ghana by ensuring that mining communities …

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In Ghana, the endemic nature of Buruli ulcer in communities adjacent to mining activities suggests that proximity to artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a risk factor for this disease, as is the case of the higher prevalence of Buruli ulcer in the Amansie West District.26 An increased risk of infection was not associated with direct ...

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